Nike Border Clash 13: Washington Sweeps Oregon, by Larry Eder

The Nike Border Clash started back in November 1999, when, at the time, two Nike employees, Josh Rowe and John Truax, convinced some Nike executives that a race pitting the top high school boys and girls from Washington and Oregon made sense. The race was to determine who had the best cross country runners? Oregon or Washington.

Nike Border Clash 13, photo courtesy of PhotoRun.net

The question of who was the best cross country state in the Pacific Northwest dates back to the battles between Gerry Lindgren and Steve Prefontaine. Their battles were part legend, part poetry. Lindgren and Prefontaine virtually ran, six straight miles, with no more than a step or two separating the two cross country icons.

Several generations of Nike employees have been involved in putting on the race. From policing the course, to making the event something that many put on to support the sport that is at the core of Nike: running. It is a yearly reinforcement for many on the Nike campus and a perfect use of the beautiful campus, which is full of some wonderful natural stretches of wetlands and the superb wood chip trail which surrounds much of the campus.

Cross country running is about one being as close to nature as one can be. It is about challenging natural obstacles and one’s own sense of limitations. It is, as eight time US cross country champ and Olympic bronze medalist Lynn Jennings once said, ” Becoming one with the mud.”

From the first year, the race was a huge success and showed off the new Nike campus. Each year, improvements were added and the crowd of Nike employees who came to view it, also grew.

Eight years ago, Galen Rupp ran the race and won it. Alberto Salazar, Galen Rupp’s coach at the Nike Oregon project, told RBR about Galen winning the race, and heading over to the track for another workout.

The Oregon and Washington battles for cross country supremacy did something else. It also showed Nike employees a well run event, featuring running and high school athletes. High school athletes are some of the most positive athletes in the sporting world!

From the Nike Border Clash came the NXN, the Nike cross country championships, which gives the top teams around the US a chance to compete for the bragging rights of who has the best cross country team in the country! From two states to from “sea to shining sea”.

This year was a bit lop-sided, as the state of Washington clearly had the top boys and girls, but Oregon, do not despair, we understand that over the next couple of years, the battle for cross country supremacy should be much, much closer!

Elizabeth Leachman and Tamrat Gavenas Capture First-Place Titles at the 45th Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals Presented by HOKA®

2024 Fall Cross Country Training & Racing Program, December 15, 2024, Week 13, Day 7, the FINAL long run of the cross country season

2024 Fall Cross Country Training & Racing Program, December 14, 2024, Week 13, Day 6, the FINAL race of year, Footlocker, presented by HOKA!

Place	Bib	Name	S	Affiliation	Time	Pace
1	122	Anthony Armstrong	M	WASHINGTON	13:48	5:04
2	160	Izaic Yorks	M	WASHINGTON	13:48	5:04
3	156	Nathan Weitz	M	WASHINGTON	13:49	5:04
4	155	Santos Vargas	M	WASHINGTON	14:00	5:08
5	140	Hunter Johnson	M	WASHINGTON	14:00	5:08
6	142	Curtis King	M	WASHINGTON	14:01	5:08
7	135	Sumner Goodwin	M	WASHINGTON	14:02	5:09
8	132	Patrick Gibson	M	WASHINGTON	14:03	5:09
9	110	Travis Neuman	M	OREGON	14:04	5:09
10	157	Keith Williams	M	WASHINGTON	14:08	5:11
11	143	Korey Krotzer	M	WASHINGTON	14:10	5:12
12	158	Kai Wilmot	M	WASHINGTON	14:11	5:12
13	137	Joe Hardy	M	WASHINGTON	14:13	5:13
14	83	Jackson Baker	M	OREGON	14:14	5:13
15	159	JP Wolpert	M	WASHINGTON	14:17	5:14
16	103	Zorg Loustalet	M	OREGON	14:21	5:16
17	82	Eric Alldritt	M	OREGON	14:24	5:17
18	130	Joel Estelle	M	WASHINGTON	14:26	5:17
19	125	Alex Bowns	M	WASHINGTON	14:28	5:18
20	92	Brian Eimstad	M	OREGON	14:29	5:19
21	131	John Fowler	M	WASHINGTON	14:29	5:19
22	128	John Dressel	M	WASHINGTON	14:30	5:19
23	123	Poli Baltazar	M	WASHINGTON	14:31	5:19
24	146	Alberto Melchor	M	WASHINGTON	14:32	5:20
25	151	Aaron Roe	M	WASHINGTON	14:32	5:20
26	141	Alex Kimsey	M	WASHINGTON	14:32	5:20
27	99	Eduardo Juarez	M	OREGON	14:34	5:20
28	149	Keenan Piper	M	WASHINGTON	14:38	5:22
29	121	Daniel Amann	M	WASHINGTON	14:39	5:22
30	150	Jaziel Rodriguez	M	WASHINGTON	14:39	5:22
31	139	Conner Johnsen	M	WASHINGTON	14:39	5:22
32	91	Alex Dillard	M	OREGON	14:39	5:22
33	81	Paul Adams	M	OREGON	14:39	5:22
34	87	Matthew Campbell	M	OREGON	14:41	5:23
35	90	Jonathon Cornish	M	OREGON	14:41	5:23
36	98	Joe Holvey	M	OREGON	14:42	5:23
37	89	Alejandro Cisneros	M	OREGON	14:43	5:24
38	145	Brian Masterson	M	WASHINGTON	14:44	5:24
39	93	Joseph Ewers	M	OREGON	14:46	5:25
40	144	Ryan Long	M	WASHINGTON	14:47	5:25
41	138	Jake Hombel	M	WASHINGTON	14:47	5:25
42	147	Jeffrey Ott	M	WASHINGTON	14:48	5:26
43	116	Kyle Thompson	M	OREGON	14:48	5:26
44	148	Tristan Peloquin	M	WASHINGTON	14:49	5:26
45	124	Wolfgang Beck	M	WASHINGTON	14:49	5:26
46	115	Neil Seibert	M	OREGON	14:50	5:26
47	100	Akiharu Kitagawa	M	OREGON	14:50	5:26
48	126	Logan Carroll	M	WASHINGTON	14:53	5:27
49	97	Zach Holloway	M	OREGON	14:54	5:28
50	154	Travis Thorne	M	WASHINGTON	14:56	5:28
51	101	David Leavy	M	OREGON	14:56	5:28
52	133	Colby Gilbert	M	WASHINGTON	14:56	5:28
53	109	Mubark Mebrat	M	OREGON	14:56	5:29
54	111	Nathan Normo	M	OREGON	14:58	5:29
55	95	Fletcher Hazlehurst	M	OREGON	14:58	5:29
56	120	Jack Wilson	M	OREGON	14:59	5:29
57	96	Julian Heninger	M	OREGON	14:59	5:30
58	119	Andre Walker	M	OREGON	15:00	5:30
59	102	Geremia Lizier-Zmudzinski	M	OREGON	15:00	5:30
60	152	Keegan Symmes	M	WASHINGTON	15:01	5:30
61	107	Matthew Maton	M	OREGON	15:01	5:31
62	129	Hap Emmons	M	WASHINGTON	15:02	5:31
63	104	Ryan Maag	M	OREGON	15:03	5:31
64	94	Jackson Haselnus	M	OREGON	15:03	5:31
65	118	Javier Velasco	M	OREGON	15:04	5:32
66	113	Nick Obletz	M	OREGON	15:05	5:32
67	127	Tristan Cunderla	M	WASHINGTON	15:06	5:32
68	108	Patrick McGuirk	M	OREGON	15:09	5:33
69	86	Ryan Byrd	M	OREGON	15:11	5:34
70	136	Lucas Graham	M	WASHINGTON	15:13	5:35
71	106	Niic Maszk	M	OREGON	15:14	5:35
72	84	Reilly Bloomer	M	OREGON	15:18	5:37
73	112	Jon Obeso	M	OREGON	15:18	5:37
74	105	Jose Macias	M	OREGON	15:21	5:38
75	153	Alec Temple	M	WASHINGTON	15:27	5:40
76	134	David Goldstone	M	WASHINGTON	15:31	5:41
77	88	Jacob Campbull	M	OREGON	15:44	5:46
78	117	Sam Truax	M	OREGON	15:56	5:51

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Boy’s Team Scoring
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1. 15 WASHINGTON (13:53 69:25 0:12)
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1 1 122 Anthony Armstrong M 13:48
2 2 160 Izaic Yorks M 13:48
3 3 156 Nathan Weitz M 13:49
4 4 155 Santos Vargas M 14:00
5 5 140 Hunter Johnson M 14:00
6 ( 6) 142 Curtis King M 14:01
7 ( 7) 135 Sumner Goodwin M 14:02

2. 50 OREGON (14:19 71:32 0:25)
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1 8 110 Travis Neuman M 14:04
2 9 83 Jackson Baker M 14:14
3 10 103 Zorg Loustalet M 14:21
4 11 82 Eric Alldritt M 14:24
5 12 92 Brian Eimstad M 14:29
6 ( 13) 99 Eduardo Juarez M 14:34
7 ( 14) 91 Alex Dillard M 14:39

NIKE Border Clash 11/20/2011–Nike World Campus –Beaverton, Or
Timing
by RecordTiming using FinishLynx and Ipico RFID
Course Distance
4387m

Place	Bib	Name	S	Affiliation	Time	Pace
1	61	Katie Knight	F	WASHINGTON	15:44	5:46
2	68	Amy-Eloise Neale	F	WASHINGTON	15:58	5:51
3	65	Jordan McPhee	F	WASHINGTON	16:10	5:55
4	53	Alexa Efraimson	F	WASHINGTON	16:16	5:58
5	66	Maddie Meyers	F	WASHINGTON	16:17	5:58
6	38	Sara Tsai	F	OREGON	16:19	5:59
7	69	Chandler Olson	F	WASHINGTON	16:27	6:02
8	73	Stephanie Rexus	F	WASHINGTON	16:28	6:02
9	6	Erin Clark	F	OREGON	16:31	6:03
10	21	Ashley Maton	F	OREGON	16:33	6:04
11	13	Megan Fristoe	F	OREGON	16:33	6:04
12	43	Katie Bianchini	F	WASHINGTON	16:35	6:05
13	55	Alexis Fuller	F	WASHINGTON	16:37	6:06
14	64	Katia Matora	F	WASHINGTON	16:39	6:06
15	56	Brittany Gappa	F	WASHINGTON	16:43	6:08
16	79	Morgan Willson	F	WASHINGTON	16:46	6:09
17	49	Reagan Colyer	F	WASHINGTON	16:48	6:10
18	35	Gracie Todd	F	OREGON	16:49	6:10
19	62	Megan LeGresley	F	WASHINGTON	16:51	6:11
20	42	Rachel Atwood	F	WASHINGTON	16:51	6:11
21	47	Mayra Chavez	F	WASHINGTON	16:53	6:11
22	63	Andrea Masterson	F	WASHINGTON	16:53	6:11
23	58	Sanne Holland	F	WASHINGTON	16:54	6:12
24	23	Piper McDonald	F	OREGON	16:56	6:12
25	74	Marina Roberts	F	WASHINGTON	16:58	6:13
26	31	Paige Rice	F	OREGON	17:01	6:14
27	10	Claire DeVoe	F	OREGON	17:02	6:15
28	9	Adrienne Demaree	F	OREGON	17:02	6:15
29	78	Elise Tello	F	WASHINGTON	17:03	6:15
30	19	Paige Kouba	F	OREGON	17:05	6:16
31	32	Maggie Schmaedick	F	OREGON	17:07	6:17
32	75	Natalie Sharpe	F	WASHINGTON	17:08	6:17
33	37	Gracie Tostenson	F	OREGON	17:09	6:17
34	17	Dylan Hite	F	OREGON	17:12	6:18
35	1	Morgan Anderson	F	OREGON	17:12	6:18
36	70	Elizabeth Oosterhout	F	WASHINGTON	17:13	6:19
37	4	Sierra Brown	F	OREGON	17:15	6:19
38	54	Michelle Fletcher	F	WASHINGTON	17:15	6:19
39	71	Emily Pittis	F	WASHINGTON	17:16	6:20
40	59	Sofia Kane	F	WASHINGTON	17:18	6:21
41	46	Hazel Carr	F	WASHINGTON	17:22	6:22
42	51	Hannah Derby	F	WASHINGTON	17:23	6:22
43	25	Lauren Morgan	F	OREGON	17:25	6:23
44	60	Brooke Kingma	F	WASHINGTON	17:25	6:23
45	34	Shannon Susbauer	F	OREGON	17:26	6:23
46	16	Sarah Hastings	F	OREGON	17:26	6:23
47	27	Katriel O’Reilly	F	OREGON	17:31	6:25
48	45	Kyra Burke	F	WASHINGTON	17:32	6:26
49	29	Karen Qu	F	OREGON	17:34	6:26
50	18	Kira Kelly	F	OREGON	17:35	6:27
51	2000	unkown unknown	F	UNKNOWN	17:35	6:27
52	14	Sara Fristoe	F	OREGON	17:36	6:27
53	41	Abby Atchison	F	WASHINGTON	17:36	6:27
54	48	Rose Christen	F	WASHINGTON	17:38	6:28
55	80	Tori Zellerhoff	F	WASHINGTON	17:39	6:28
56	26	Kelly O’Neill	F	OREGON	17:41	6:29
57	77	Haley Suarez	F	WASHINGTON	17:44	6:30
58	15	Erin Gregoire	F	OREGON	17:44	6:30
59	57	Nicole Goecke	F	WASHINGTON	17:46	6:31
60	22	Jenna Mattox	F	OREGON	17:47	6:31
61	2	Olivia Artaiz	F	OREGON	17:51	6:33
62	28	Katy Potter	F	OREGON	17:52	6:33
63	40	Emma Wren	F	OREGON	17:53	6:33
64	11	McKenzie Evans	F	OREGON	17:58	6:35
65	12	Sarah Fahmy	F	OREGON	17:58	6:35
66	52	Kelsey Dunn	F	WASHINGTON	17:58	6:35
67	36	Sandy Torres	F	OREGON	18:00	6:36
68	50	Rachel Dahl	F	WASHINGTON	18:08	6:39
69	39	Emily Weber	F	OREGON	18:10	6:39
70	7	Stephanie Croy	F	OREGON	18:10	6:40
71	44	Mckenzi Bravo	F	WASHINGTON	18:13	6:41
72	20	Margarita Lauer	F	OREGON	18:18	6:42
73	5	Tia Caarnahan	F	OREGON	18:23	6:44
74	33	McKensize Spooner	F	OREGON	18:23	6:44
75	8	Nevina DeLuca	F	OREGON	18:23	6:44
76	76	Jordin Stephenson	F	WASHINGTON	18:25	6:45
77	24	Alyn Moncsko	F	OREGON	18:46	6:53
78	30	Nicole Rasmussen	F	OREGON	19:39	7:12

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Girl’s Team Scoring
———————–

1. 15 WASHINGTON (16:05 80:25 0:33)
=====================================
1 1 61 Katie Knight F 15:44
2 2 68 Amy-Eloise Neale F 15:58
3 3 65 Jordan McPhee F 16:10
4 4 53 Alexa Efraimson F 16:16
5 5 66 Maddie Meyers F 16:17
6 ( 7) 69 Chandler Olson F 16:27
7 ( 8) 73 Stephanie Rexus F 16:28

2. 48 OREGON (16:33 82:45 0:30)
=====================================
1 6 38 Sara Tsai F 16:19
2 9 6 Erin Clark F 16:31
3 10 21 Ashley Maton F 16:33
4 11 13 Megan Fristoe F 16:33
5 12 35 Gracie Todd F 16:49
6 ( 13) 23 Piper McDonald F 16:56
7 ( 14) 31 Paige Rice F 17:01

11/20/2011 11:18AM

Place	Name	Age	Sex	Affiliation	Time	Pace
1	DANIEL THOMPSON	13	M	PORTLAND	7:39	6:09
2	HAYDEN DRESSEL	12	M	SPOKANE	7:39	6:10
3	LUCA OSTERTAG-HILL	13	F	BAC	7:55	6:23
4	HAYDEN JOHNSON	13	M	SPOKANE	7:56	6:23
5	JOSHUA SCHUMACHER	12	M	PORTLAND	8:00	6:27
6	KEEFE PIPER	24	M	SEATTLE	8:01	6:27
7	CAMERON THOMPSON	11	M	PORTLAND	8:06	6:31
8	BLAZE WOLPERT	14	M	WALLA WALLA	8:14	6:38
9	CASSIE MCKINNEY	13	F	VANCOUVER	8:16	6:39
10	NICOLE GRIFFITHS	13	F	PORTLAND	8:17	6:40
11	COLTON JOHNSEN	13	M	BELLINGHAM	8:22	6:44
12	JACKSON FRANK	13	M	PORTLAND	8:23	6:45
13	ZACK LAVIER	14	M	PORTLAND	8:24	6:46
14	DANIEL LARABEE	13	M	BEAVERTON	8:28	6:49
15	JACKSON TEGAN	13	M	CORVALLIS	8:29	6:50
16	DELANEY CLEM	14	F	PENDLETON	8:34	6:54
17	TYLER O’DONNELL	13	M	PORTLAND	8:35	6:55
18	MAX HITE	13	M	PORTLAND	8:36	6:56
19	RYLAN KENNEDY	13	F	FOREST GROVE	8:37	6:56
20	NICK ZELLERHOFF	13	M	FEDERAL WAY	8:39	6:58
21	JARED RUTHERFORD	13	M	BEAVERTON	8:46	7:04
22	STEVEN ROWLAND	10	M	SHERWOOD	8:50	7:06
23	IAN HOYT	13	M	BEAVERTON	8:51	7:07
24	MIRIAM CARON	11	F	PORTLAND	8:53	7:09
25	ERIC BRECHT	11	M	PORTLAND	8:55	7:10
26	CONNOR GRANT	12	M	SHERWOOD	8:56	7:11
27	ERICA SIMISON	11	F	YAKIMA	8:56	7:11
28	WYATT CROY	14	M	MEDFORD	8:56	7:12
29	HANNAH AGUIRRE	10	F	FOREST GROVE	8:57	7:12
30	NATHAN SILENZI	11	M	BEAVERTON	9:00	7:15
31	MAKENNA SCHUMACHER	10	F	PORTLAND	9:00	7:15
32	JJ OSBORN	13	F	BEAVERTON	9:02	7:17
33	EMMA BOWDER	13	F	BEAVERTON	9:06	7:20
34	PARKER MACMILLAN	12	M	PORTLAND	9:09	7:22
35	KATIE LEAVY	13	F	SHERWOOD	9:11	7:23
36	JORDON HOGEWONING	14	M	WASHOUGAL	9:25	7:34
37	CALVIN HITE	10	M	PORTLAND	9:30	7:39
38	KEATON NASH	14	M	SALEM	9:30	7:39
39	ANDREW PARK	13	M	PORTLAND	9:32	7:40
40	GRETA ANDERSON	10	F	PORTLAND	9:34	7:42
41	HOLDEN ZIELS	11	M	BEAVERTON	9:38	7:45
42	EMERY ROBERTS	13	F	PORTLAND	9:39	7:46
43	ABBY VOLKMER	10	F	SHERWOOD	9:40	7:47
44	CONNER GRAZIANO	12	M	BEAVERTON	9:43	7:50
45	MILA LUMAE	11	F	FOREST GROVE	9:50	7:55
46	UNKOWN				9:53	7:57
47	RYAN SCHUMACHER	8	M	PORTLAND	9:53	7:57
48	ANNIKA STEELE	12	F	PORTLAND	9:54	7:58
49	MARISSA VATERNICK	13	F	BAC	9:56	8:00
50	DYLAN MCNEIL	14	M	WASHOUGAL	10:00	8:03
51	COLLIN MANNING	13	M	WASHOUGAL	10:00	8:03
52	CASEY CAVANAUGH	11	F	PORTLAND	10:01	8:04
53	TREVOR GRANT	11	M	SHERWOOD	10:07	8:09
54	VANESSA VAN WINKLE	9	F	BAC (SHERWOOD)	10:09	8:10
55	OLIVIA VAN WINKLE	11	F	BAC (SHERWOOD)	10:14	8:14
56	EMILY SLUSHER	12	F	PORTLAND	10:20	8:19
57	ANNA KELLER	13	F	SALEM	10:22	8:20
58	LUCAS MARTIN	10	M	PORTLAND	10:33	8:29
59	KARALINE RICHEY	12	F	SALEM	10:38	8:33
60	ELLIE SLAMA	12	F	SALEM	10:42	8:37
61	BRODY OBERG	13	M	WASHOUGAL	10:43	8:37
62	MADDIE PETERSON	12	F	SALEM	10:53	8:45
63	AMY FRIE	13	F	FOREST GROVE	11:15	9:03
64	LINDSEY VATERNICK	9	F	BAC	11:22	9:09
65	JACQUELINE FRAWLEY	11	F	FOREST GROVE	11:55	9:36
66	MALEA CESAR	7	F	PORTLAND	12:00	9:39
67	AVERY CESAR	6	M	PORTLAND	14:41	11:49

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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